exaggeration

[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of exaggerating or overstating.

  2. an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement: His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.

Origin of exaggeration

1
1555–65; <Latin exaggerātiōn- (stem of exaggerātiō), equivalent to exaggerāt(us) (see exaggerate) + -iōn--ion

Other words from exaggeration

  • non·ex·ag·ger·a·tion, noun
  • o·ver·ex·ag·ger·a·tion, noun
  • self-ex·ag·ger·a·tion, noun

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